Open Book with Narratively Academy

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Open Book with Narratively Academy is a arts podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 40 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts Open Book with Narratively Academy, a arts show with 40 episodes published.

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  WATCH: "How to Report on Family Secrets" with New York Times Contributor Susan Saulny

  Jun 6, 20261 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.com<br/><br/><p>Happy weekend, writers! What did you work on this week? Don’t forget to share your #WeeklyWins over in the Narratively Academy Chat.</p><p>The best thing I did this week was my chat with Susan Saulny, the writer behind one of the most impressive feature articles I’ve read this year, the epic story, “A Family Secret No More,” published in The New York Times a few weeks ago.</p><p>In her story, Susan explores the dual life stories...

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  WATCH: Melissa Petro on How to Write a Hybrid Memoir

  Jun 2, 202631 minS0

  <p>This Open Book conversation with Melissa Petro, author of Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification, is one that has been particularly helpful for a lot of writers in our community. So many of us have lots of material for a memoir but no firm concept about how that material comes together into a marketable book.</p><p>Melissa chatted with us about how she re-conceptualized her memoir into a hybrid book that feels very of-the-moment — and got a publisher’s attention with her new proposal. Give it a watch by clicking play abov...

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  Writing + Publishing My Memoir at 75

  May 30, 202626 minS0

  <p>This was such a fun one! It was so inspiring to hear Laurie Garnier’s story of how, at age 40, she decided to change everything in pursuit of a better life—and how, at age 75, she finally wrote that life story and got it published.</p><p>The book is And Then There Was Paris and for those who didn’t have the chance to join us live, we’re making the recording free for everyone. Here’s to always chasing your dreams.</p><p>Happy weekend!</p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss th...

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  Inside the Book Launch: How Hybrid Publishing Works

  May 26, 20261 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.com<br/><br/><p>Hello, writers! Hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing long weekend—or at least a not-so-miserable Monday if you weren’t lucky enough to have yesterday off. On Thursday we had a fantastic conversation with Amy Gabrielle, author of the just-published memoir Widow in the City: A Memoir of Heartbreaks and Hookups.</p><p>We recently published an adapted excerpt of Amy’s memoir over on Narratively.com, and we wanted to chat with Amy to learn more about how she fi...

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  WATCH: The Secret Life of an Obit Writer

  May 5, 20261 minS0

  This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit www.narrativelyacademy.com<br/><br/><p>This week’s Open Book was one of my favorite yet. The great Lee Gutkind keeps reeling in fascinating guests, and the latest is veteran New York Times obituary writer Michael Roswenwald, who told us all about the craft of obituary writing—how he decides what to include, what to leave out, and how this work shapes the way we think about narrative, memory, and meaning. </p><p>Paid subscribers can watch the full conversation above. </p><p>(Not a subscriber and...

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